When Maureen Sweeney gave her weather report on 3 June, little did she know it would be central to thousands of troops successfully landing in Normandy - an event that went on to change the course of the Second World War.
When Maureen Sweeney gave her weather report on 3 June, little did she know it would be central to thousands of troops successfully landing in Normandy - an event that went on to change the course of the Second World War.
THE village of Blacksod, on the Mullet Peninsula in north Mayo, is gearing up to commemorate the 80th anniversary of the D-Day landings with a series of events on Thursday, June 6.